A LAMBETH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OBLONG OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE with the arms of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries flanked by unicorn supporters, with the motto OPIFERQUE:PER:ORBEM.DICOR: in manganese on a ribbon below suspending swags of foliage, pierced for hanging (rim restorations), circa 1780 26cm. high

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A LAMBETH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OBLONG OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE with the arms of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries flanked by unicorn supporters, with the motto OPIFERQUE:PER:ORBEM.DICOR: in manganese on a ribbon below suspending swags of foliage, pierced for hanging (rim restorations), circa 1780 26cm. high

Provenance

S. M. Taylor Collection
Anon., sale Sotheby's, 21 July 1981, lot 10

Lot Essay

Cf. F.H. Garner and Michael Archer, English Delftware, pl. 42A

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